Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
70/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A former politician is facing the possibility of a significant jail stint after a jury found him guilty of raping a 13-year-old boy.
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him → face → boy
Ex-NSW Liberal MP Rory Amon was found guilty by a jury after about four hours of deliberation on Friday of one count of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 14, and indecently assaulting a child.
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Amon → find → child
The 37-year-old was facing his second NSW Supreme Court trial after a different jury acquitted him in March on eight separate charges of child sexual offending but could not reach a verdict on the two counts decided on Friday.
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jury → face → Friday
The charges related to Amon's interactions with a 13-year-old boy who the former MP met on an adults-only website, the court heard.
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court → relate → website
Amon always maintained his innocence, saying he held an honest and reasonable belief the teen was over the age of 16.
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teen → maintain → 16
The original trial was told the boy inflated his age when signing up to the gay hook-up app and again while talking with Amon.
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boy → tell → Amon
Amon and the boy exchanged explicit images before a 2017 meeting in the carpark of the boy's apartment block, the court heard.
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court → exchange → block
At the time he first contacted the youth, Amon was working full-time for federal Mackellar MP Jason Falinski.
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Amon → contact → Falinski
Rory Amon arriving at the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, on Monday, March 2, 2026
The former NSW Liberal candidate for Pittwater Rory Amon speaks to the media during a press conference at Mona Vale Beach in Sydney on Wednesday, February 15, 2023
He would go on to serve two terms on Northern Beaches Council before being elected as the Liberal MP for the state seat of Pittwater in 2023.
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He → arrive → 2023
The charges killed Amon's fledgling career in state politics, forcing his expulsion from the Liberal party and his resignation after his election in March 2023.
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charges → kill → March
His exit had implications for the state Liberals, which lost the formerly safe seat to a teal independent at the subsequent by-election.
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which → have → election
Amon remains on bail and will return to court for a sentence hearing on November 27.
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Amon → remain → November
He's the third former NSW MP convicted of sexual offences in recent years.
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He → convict → years
Amon (pictured right) at a press conference, was elected to the NSW parliament in March 2023
Amon was hit with multiple charges over the alleged sexual abuse of a teenage boy in July 2017.
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Amon → picture → July
Former Kiama MP and coalition minister Gareth Ward was jailed in 2025 for the sexual abuse of two young men, including an intoxicated political staffer after a mid-week event at NSW Parliament House.
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Ward → jail → House
His three-year-nine-month minimum term expires in April 2029.
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term → expire → April
Former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos was found guilty in 2023 of sexually abusing teenage boys while he was a state Labor MP.
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he → find → boys
A jury found the 65-year-old guilty of 26 charges of sexual offending against four underage boys and supplying them with drugs over a decade, ending in 2003.
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old → find → 2003
He'd already served more than a decade in prison for sexual assault of a minor, indecent assault, supplying heroin and cannabis and other offences.
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He → serve → heroin
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